Unicode Character "≸" (U+2278)

The character ≸ (NEITHER LESS-THAN NOR GREATER-THAN) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2278. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ≸. Its mirrored character is ≹ (U+2279).

Main Unicode Properties

Name NEITHER LESS-THAN NOR GREATER-THAN
Unicode Codepoint U+2278
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ≹ (U+2279)

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+2278 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ≸
HTML (hex) ≸
HTML (named) ≸
URL Escape Code %E2%89%B8
CSS \2278
JavaScript \u{2278}
JSON \u2278
C, C++ \U00002278
Java \u2278
Python \U00002278
Rust \u{2278}
Ruby \u{2278}

How to type "≸"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 7 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 7 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ≸
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ≸
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ≸
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x89 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2278
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002278

References